Server Market Opportunities, Shares, Forecasts, and Strategies, 2008-2013

SERVER EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Server Market Driving Forces

Server Market Shares

Server Forecasts

1. SERVER MARKET DESCRIPTION AND MARKET DYNAMICS

1. SERVER MARKET DESCRIPTION AND MARKET DYNAMICS

1.1 Business Solutions Designed To Support Business Productivity

1.2 Blade Servers

1.2.1 Promise Of Blade Servers

1.3 Server Virtualization

1.3.1 Virtualization Transforms Hardware Into Software

1.3.2 VMware Approach to Virtualization

1.3.3 Virtual Infrastructure

1.4 SOA Foundation Architecture Addresses Flexible Response To Changing Market Conditions

1.4.1 Real Time Internet Processing

1.4.2 IT System Reliability

1.5 Number Of Servers - Web Application

1.6 10G Blade Interconnects and I/O

1.6.1 IBM 10G Mid Plane Capability of BladeCenter-H, 10G Ethernet NIC chips from NetXen, and 10G Switch Module from BNT

1.6.2 Blade and the Client

1.7 Blades Are Green

1.7.1 Multi-Core Architectures

1.7.2 Ease Of Deployment

1.8 Advantage Mainframe

1.8.1 Mainframe as a Green Machine

1.8.2 Resurgence Of The Mainframe

1.9 Open Application Programming Interfaces

1.9.1 Approach To Blade Server Development

1.9.2 Digital Business Technology Reshapes Industries

1.10 Next Generation of IT Infrastructure

1.10.1 IT Focus On Issues Aligned With Changing Conditions Of Business

1.11 Real-Time IT Infrastructure

1.11.1 Real Time Use Of Blade Servers

1.11.2 Real Time Processing

1.12 IT Department Focus

1.12.1 IT Governance Business Management Infrastructure Automation Market

1.12.2 IT Governance

1.12.3 Addressing IT Challenges

1.13 Control Over The IT Department

1.13.1 IT Organizational Shifting Responsibilities

1.13.2 Maximizing The Business Value Of IT

1.13.3 Resource Planner

1.13.4 Project Resources

1.13.5 Evaluate Capacity By Role

1.13.6 Identify and Track Key Skills and Experience

1.13.7 Create And Search Skills Hierarchies

1.13.8 IT Financial Manager

1.13.9 Aligned with Business

1.13.10 Delivered As a Service

1.14 Service-Level Objectives

1.15 Utility Model

2. SERVER MARKET SHARES AND MARKET FORECASTS

2.1 Server Market Driving Forces

2.1.1 Server End-to-End Architecture

2.1.2 Server Computing Market Driving Forces

2.1.3 Next Generation Of Computing Technology

2.1.4 Benefits Of Servers

2.2 Server Market Trends

2.3 Server Market Shares

2.4 Server Forecasts

2.4.1 Large Server Market Forecasts

2.4.2 IBM System z

2.4.3 Mainframe Is A Green Machine --- Overview

2.4.4 Advantage Mainframe

2.4.5 Mainframe As a Green Machine

2.4.6 SOA Foundation Architecture Addresses Flexible Response To Changing Market Conditions

2.4.7 Resurgence Of The Mainframe

2.4.8 Real Time Internet Processing

2.4.9 IT System Reliability

2.4.10 Cost of Electricity Escalating

2.4.11 Data Center Cost Metrics

2.4.12 Security Cost Analysis - Mainframe vs. Distributed System

2.4.13 Mid Range Server Markets

2.4.14 Small Server Market Forecasts

2.4.15 Low End x86 Server Market Dynamics

2.4.16 Virtualization, Multicore Chips

2.4.17 Microsoft Virutalization

2.5 Blade Servers

Constraints Of Blade Servers

Blade Server Market Shares

Blade Server Market Forecasts

2.6 Power Usage in Data Centers

2.7 Network Fabric

2.7.1 Blades and Virtualization: Transforming Enterprise Computing

2.7.2 Data Center Intelligence

2.8 Server Pricing

2.8.1 IBM Entry Server Pricing

2.8.2 Sun Microsystems Blade Pricing

2.9 Server Regional Analysis

2.9.1 US Server Analysis

2.9.2 EMEA Server Analysis

2.9.3 Asian Server Analysis

2.10 Blade Server Support for IT Infrastructure

2.10.1 IBM High End Blade Server Market Shares

2.10.2 eGenera Data Center Blade Server Solutions

2.10.3 Rapid Provisioning

3. SERVER PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

3.1 High-End Servers

3.1.1 IBM High-End: UNIX servers

3.1.2 IBM System P

3.1.3 IBM Power Architecture

3.1.4 IBM Power Architecture Transaction Processing

3.1.5 IBM BladeCenter

3.1.6 IBM BladeCenter Extended Memory

3.1.7 IBM BladeCenter HS21

3.1.8 IBM BladeCenter Modular Systems

3.1.9 IBM Director and IBM Director Extensions

3.1.10 IBM BladeCenter HS21 High-Performance And High Availability

3.1.11 IBM BladeCenter HS21 Extended Memory

3.1.12 IBM System X Tape Autoloader

3.1.13 IBM VXA 320 1U Autoloader (87691VX)

3.1.14 IBM Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters (HBAs)

3.1.15 IBM IntelliStation Z Pro

3.2 Hewlett Packard (HP) Servers

3.2.1 HP BladeSystem:

3.2.2 HP Financial Services

3.3 Mid Size Servers and Blades

3.3.1 HP Blades

3.4 Sun

3.4.1 Sun Blade 6000 Family

3.4.2 Sun Blade Intel Xeon X6250 Server Module

3.4.3 Sun Blade Intel Xeon Processor

3.4.4 Sun x64 Systems Dominant On HPC Compute-Intensive Workloads

3.4.5 Sun Versatile Enterprise Blade Platform

3.4.6 Sun Refresh Service: Build an "Always Fresh" Datacenter

3.4.7 Sun Blade 6000 Modular System Availability and Pricing

3.5 Fujitsu Siemens Servers

3.5.1 Source: Fujitsu Siemens

3.5.2 Fujitsu Siemens Dynamic IT for SAP

3.5.3 Fujitsu Siemens Dynamic IT for E SOA

3.5.4 Fujitsu Siemens Virtual Tape Appliance CentricStor

3.5.5 Security Solutions From Fujitsu Siemens Computers

3.5.6 Fujitsu Siemens Server Security

3.5.7 Fujitsu Siemens Network Security

3.6 Entry Level Servers

3.6.1 Dell

3.6.2 IBM Entry Servers

3.7 Nor-Tech Custom System Builder

3.8 Egenera 86

3.8.1 Egenera BladePlane

3.8.2 Egenera Switch Blade (sBlade™)

3.8.3 Egenera Control Blade (cBlade™)

3.8.4 Egenera PAN Manager Software

3.9 Verari Systems

3.9.1 Verari Systems Open Architecture for Open-Source

3.9.2 Verari Systems Open Architecture for Open-Source

3.9.3 Verari Systems Industries Served

3.10 Appro Launches 1U Entry-Level Server

4. SERVER TECHNOLOGY

4.1 Intel Server HTTP Dynamic Server Aspects

4.2 Modular Component-Style Architecture For Servers

4.3 Blade Interconnect Technology

4.3.1 InfiniBand

4.3.2 InfiniBand (IB) Fabric Topology

4.3.3 Infiniband High-Performance Interconnect

4.3.4 10-Gigabit Ethernet

4.4 Supercomputing

4.5 Cluster File Systems

4.6 Intel Ultra-Low Voltage Processors

4.7 Open Specification For Blade Servers

4.7.1 Open Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)

4.7.2 Intel

4.7.3 Linux

4.7.4 Linux on the Mainframe

4.7.5 Robust Unix and Windows-Based Systems

4.7.6 Mainframe Economics

4.7.7 Linux Capabilities

4.8 WebServices

4.9 Autonomic Computing Attributes

4.9.1 Autonomic Computing Architecture Framework

4.9.2 IBM Grid Computing

4.10 Graphics

4.11 Packet Computing Resource Board (PCRB)

4.12 Packet Processor Resource Board (PPRB)

4.12.1 Packet Voice Resource Board

4.13 Evolution of Appliances

4.14 Thin Film Battery Cell Construction

4.14.1 Impact Of Nanotechnology

4.14.2 Lithium Ion Cells Optimized For Capacity

4.14.3 Flat Plate Electrodes

4.14.4 Spiral Wound Electrodes

4.14.5 Multiple Electrode Cells

4.14.6 Fuel Cell Bipolar Configuration

4.14.7 Electrode Interconnections

4.14.8 Sealed Cells and Recombinant Cells

4.14.9 Battery Cell Casing

4.14.10 Button Cells and Coin Cells

4.14.11 Pouch Cells

4.14.12 Prismatic Cells

4.15 Thin Film Batteries

4.15.1 Thin Film Battery Timescales and Costs

4.16 Naming Standards For Cell Identification

4.16.1 High Power And Energy Density

4.16.2 High Rate Capability

4.17 Comparison Of Rechargeable Battery Performance

4.18 Polymer Film Substrate

4.19 Micro Battery Solid Electrolyte

4.20 Battery Life Cycle

4.21 Battery Power

4.22 Thin Film Battery Solid State Energy Storage

4.22.1 Valence Saphion® Technology

4.22.2 Valence High Performance Energy Storage Solutions

4.22.3 Valence Thin Film Battery Power

4.22.4 Need For Alternative to Lead-Acid Battery

4.22.5 Valence Thin Film Battery Superior Storage and Run-Time

4.22.6 Valence Lower Overall Cost Of Ownership

4.23 Ovonics

4.23.1 Oak Ridge Micro-Energy, Inc.

4.23.2 Oak Ridge Micro-Energy Thin-Film Rechargeable Lithium Batteries

4.23.3 NanoEner

4.23.4 EnerDel

5. SERVER COMPANY PROFILES

5.1 Appro 1

5.1.1 Appro Supplies Three National Laboratories With 438 TeraFlop High

Performance Computing Clusters -

5.2 Ciprico

5.3 Egenera

5.3.1 Egenera BladeFrame System

5.3.2 Egenera Virtualization Technology

5.3.3 Egenera Customers

5.3.4 Egenera Solution

5.3.5 Egenera Strategy

5.4 Fujitsu

5.4.1 Fujitsu Network Communications

5.4.2 Fujitsu Considers WiMAX vs. 3G vs. Wi-Fi

5.4.3 Fujitsu FLASHWAVE® 7500 Small System

5.4.4 Fujitsu FASST Transition Solutions

5.5 W. L. Gore & Associates

5.6 Hewlett Packard

5.6.1 HP Products and Services; Segment Information

5.6.2 Hewlett Packard Technology Solutions Group

5.6.3 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Storage and Servers

5.7 IBM

5.7.1 IBM's Capabilities

5.8 Nor-Tech

5.9 Quellan

5.10 Sun Microsystems

5.10.1 Sun Business Strategy

5.11 Verari Systems

5.11.1 Verari Systems Customers

5.11.2 Verari Systems Line Of Computing Solutions

List of Tables and Figures

ES-1

Server Vendor Positioning

Table ES-2

Server Computing Market Driving Forces

Table ES-3

Blade Server Market Growth Drivers

Figure ES-4

Worldwide Total Server Shipments

Market Shares, Dollars, First Three Quarters 2007

Table ES-5

Worldwide Total Server Shipments

Market Shares, Dollars, First Three Quarters 2007

Figure ES-6

Worldwide Total Server Shipments

Market Forecasts, Dollars, 2008-2013

Table 1-1

Promise Of Blade Servers

Table 1-2

Comparison Of Electrical Power Consumption Between Server Blades And 1u Rack Mount Servers:

Table 1-3

Blade Infrastructure Economies

Table 1-4

Summary Overview Cost Advantage of Mainframe vs.

Distributed Systems Single Application Analysis

Table 1-5

Blade Server Functions

Table 1-6

Blade Value Propositions Expressed As Business Goals

Table 1-7

IT Infrastructure Systems

Table 1-8

Information Technology (IT) Organizational Challenges

Table 1-9

Addressing IT Challenges

Table 1-10

Modular Aims For Achieving Control Over IT Department

Table 1-11

Modular Functions That Provide Control Over IT Department

Table 1-12

IT Organizational Responsibilities

Table 1-13

IT Lifecycle Encompasses Continuous, Integrated Processes

Table 1-14

Resource Planner Components

Table 1-15

Resource Planner Benefits

Table 1-16

Functionality Of IT Financial Manager Software

Table 2-1

Server Vendor Positioning

Table 2-2

Server Functions

Table 2-3

Server Computing Market Driving Forces

Table 2-4

Blade Server Market Growth Drivers

Table 2-5

Computing Technology Architecture Market Forces

Table 2-6

Benefits of Servers

Table 2-7

Server Benefits

Table 2-8

Server Market Driving Forces

Figure 2-9

Worldwide Total Server Shipments

Market Shares, Dollars, First Three Quarters 2007

Table 2-10

Worldwide Total Server Shipments

Market Shares, Dollars, First Three Quarters 2007

Figure 2-11

Worldwide High End Server Shipments

Market Shares, Dollars, First Three Quarters 2007

Table 2-12

Worldwide High End Server Shipments

Market Shares, Dollars, First Three Quarters 2007

Figure 2-13

Worldwide Mid Range Server Shipments

Market Shares, Dollars, First Three Quarters 2007

Table 2-14

Worldwide Mid Range Server Shipments

Market Shares, Dollars, First Three Quarters 2007

Figure 2-15

Worldwide Low End Server Shipments

Market Shares, Dollars, First Three Quarters 2007

Table 2-16

Worldwide Mid Range Server Shipments

Market Shares, Dollars, First Three Quarters 2007

Figure 2-17

Worldwide Total Server Shipments

Market Forecasts, Dollars, 2008-2013

Figure 2-18

Worldwide Total Server Shipments

Market Forecasts, Units, 2008-2013

Table 2-19

Worldwide Total Server Shipments

Market Forecasts, Dollars, 2008-2013

Figure 2-20

Worldwide Large Server Shipments

Market Forecasts, Dollars, 2008-2013

Figure 2-21

Worldwide Large Server Shipments

Market Forecasts, Units, 2008-2013

Table 2-22

Worldwide Large Server Shipments

Market Forecasts, Dollars, 2008-2013

Table 2-23

Summary Overview Cost Advantage of Mainframe vs. Distributed Systems

Single Application Analysis

Table 2-24

Data Center Cost Metrics

Figure 2-25

Security Cost Analysis - Mainframe vs. Distributed System

Figure 2-26

Worldwide Mid Range Server Shipments

Market Forecasts, Dollars, 2008-2013

Figure 2-27

Worldwide Mid Range Server Shipments

Market Forecasts, Units, 2008-2013

Table 2-28

Worldwide Mid Range Server Shipments

Market Forecasts, Dollars, 2008-2013

Figure 2-29

Worldwide Small Server Shipments

Market Forecasts, Dollars, 2008-2013

Figure 2-30

Worldwide Small Server Shipments

Market Forecasts, Units, 2008-2013

Table 2-31

Worldwide Small Server Shipments

Market Forecasts, Dollars, 2008-2013

Table 2-32

Benefits of Blade Integrated Architecture

Figure 2-33

Worldwide Blade Server Market Shares, Dollars, First Three Quarters 2007

Table 2-34

Worldwide Blade Server Market Shares, Dollars, First Three Quarters 2007

Figure 2-35

Worldwide Blade Server Shipments

Market Forecasts, Units, 2008-2013

Figure 2-36

Worldwide Blade Servers Shipments

Market Forecast, Units, 2008-2013

Table 2-37

Worldwide Blade Server Shipments

Market Forecasts, Dollars, 2008-2013

Table 2-38

Power Usage in Data Centers

Figure 2-39

Network Fabric

Table2-40

Blades and Virtualization Market Driving Forces

Table 2-41

Data Center Business Constraints

Figure 2-42

Server Regional Market Shares, Dollars, First Three Quarters 2007

Figure 2-43

Regional Server Shipment Analysis Market Shares, Dollars, First Three Quarters 2007

Figure 2-43

Japanese Server Shipment Analysis Market Shares, Dollars, First Three Quarters 2007

Table 2-44

Blade Slot Server Features

Table 2-45

Key Issues in Blade Markets

Table 3-1

IBM eServer p Features

Table 3-2

IBM High-end: UNIX Server Hardware Summary

Table 3-3

IBM System P Target Markets

Table 3-4

IBM System P Market Technologies

Table3-5

IBM Power Architecture Transaction Processing Systems

Table 3-6

IBM BladeCenter Positioning

Table 3-7

IBM BladeCenter Applications

Table 3-8

IBM BladeCenter Specifications

Table 3-9

BladeCenter Intel Processor-Based Servers Highlights

Table 3-10

IBM BladeCenter Intel Processor-Based Product Features

Table 3-11

IBM BladeCenter IBM Director

Table 3-12

IBM BladeCenter IBM Director

Table 3-13

IBM BladeCenter Modular Systems Functions

Table 3-14

IBM BladeCenter Modular Systems Features

Table 3-15

IBM BladeCenter Modular Systems Upgrades and Diagnostics

Table 3-16

IBM Director Functions

Table 3-17

IBM BladeCenter HS21 High-Performance And High Availability Features

Table 3-18

IBM BladeCenter Extended Memory XM Benefits

Table 3-19

Hewlett Packard HP ProLiant Key benefits

Table 3-20

Hewlett Packard HP ProLiant features

Table 3-21

Hewlett Packard HP ProLiant functions

Table 3-21

Hewlett Packard ProLiant BL35p Server Blade Dual-Core AMD Opteron Features

Table 3-22

Hewlett Packard ProLiant BL35p Server Blade Manageability Functions

Table 3-24

Hewlett Packard ProLiant Essentials

Table 3-25

Hewlett Packard p-Class BladeSystem Applications

Table 3-26

HP BladeSystem Portfolio Of Services

Table 3-27

HP Services Industries Targeted

Figure 3-28

HP ProLiant BL35p Server Blade

Table 3-29

HP BladeSystem, c-Class Enclosure Blade Components

Table 3-30

HP xw4550 Workstation Features

Figure 3-31

Sun Blade 6000 Modular System

Table 3-32

Sun Blade 6000 Modular System Features

Table 3-33

Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000 Server

Table 3-34

Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000 Server

Figure 3-35

Sun SPARC Enterprise T2000 Server

Table 3-36

Sun SPARC Enterprise T2000 Server

Figure 3-37

Sun SPARC Enterprise T2000 Server

Table 3-38

Sun SPARC Enterprise T2000 Server Functions

Table 3-38 (Continued)

Sun SPARC Enterprise T2000 Server Functions

Table 3-39

Sun Fire X2100 M2 Server

Table 3-40

Sun Fire X2100 M2 Server Functions

Table 3-41

Sun Fire X2100 M2 Server

Table 3-42

Sun Fire X2100 M2 Server

Figure 3-43

Sun Blade 6000 Configuration

Figure 3-44

Sun Blade 6000 Modular System Gallery

Figure 3-45

Sun Blade 6000 Blades

Table3-46

Sun Blade Intel Xeon Processor Features

Table3-47

Sun Blade Intel Xeon Key Applications

Table3-48

Sun Blade Intel Xeon Processors Key Benefits

Table3-49

Sun Blade 6000 Chassis Product Line Server Modules

Table3-50

Sun Blade 6000 Modular System Components:

Table3-51

Sun Blade 6000 Modular System Features:

Figure 3-52

Fujitsu Siemens CELSIUS W Series

Table 3-53

Fujitsu Siemens CELSIUS W Series Server Features

Table3-54

Fujitsu Siemens Network Security

Table3-55

Fujitsu Siemens Celsius W Series Functions

Figure 3-56

Dell Power Edge Blades and Chassis

Figure 3-57

Dell Power Edge Blades and Chassis

Table 3-58

Component Errors IBM Light-Path Diagnostics Can Detect

Table 3-59

IBM Blade.org partners

Figure 3-60

Nor-Tech Servers And High-Performance Clusters

Table 3-61

Egenera Systems PAN Features

Figure 3-62

Egenera Systems Blade

Figure 3-63

Egenera Systems Blade ES

Figure 3-62

Egenera Systems Blade BladeFrame® Functions

Table3-63

Verari Systems Industries Served

Table 4-1

Intel Server HTTP Dynamic Server Aspects

Table 4-2

InfiniBand (IB) Fabric Topology

Table 4-3

Web Services Technology Positioning

Table 4-4

Autonomic Computing Functions

Table 4-5

Autonomic Computing Leveraging E-Services

Table 4-6

Autonomic Computing Systems Issues

Table 4-7

Autonomic Computing Security Elements

Table 4-8

Autonomic Computing Product Deployment Elements

Table 4-9

Common Household-Battery Sizes, Shape, and Dimensions

Table 4-10

Thin Film Battery Unique Properties

Table 4-11

Comparison of battery performances

Table 4-12

Comparison of battery performances

Table 4-13

Thin Films For Advanced Batteries

Table 4-14

Thin Film Batteries Technology

Table 4-15

Thin Film Battery / Lithium Air Batteries Applications

Figure 4-16

Polymer Film Substrate Thin Flexible battery Profiles

Figure 4-17

Design Alternatives of Thin Film Rechargable Batteries

Table 4-18

Key Features of Saphion® Technology:

Figure 4-19

Valence N-Charge™ Power System

Table 4-20

Valence N-Charge Power System Features:

Table 4-21

Valence Thin Film Car Battery Features

Figure 4-22

Valence Thin Film Car Battery

Table 4-23

Valence U-Charge® Power System Features

Table 4-24

Valence Saphion Technology Discharge Curves

Table 4-25

Valence Technology Comparison

Figure 4-26

Valence Technology Cells and Packs

Figure 4-27

Valence VLNC 2590 Power System

Figure 4-28

Valence VLNC 2590 Power System Specifications and Operating Characteristics (Next Page)

Table 4-29

Oak Ridge Micro-Energy Thin-Film Rechargeable Lithium Battery Size

Table 4-30

Applications Of Thin Film Batteries

Table 4-31

EnerDel’s Business Strategy

Table 4-32

EnerDel Business Positioning

Figure 5-1

Fujitsu Server Innovation

Table 5-2

Fujitsu Server Positioning

Table 5-3

Fujitsu Servers